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The wall where the map was originally mounted. The Forma Urbis Romae or Severan Marble Plan is a massive marble map of ancient Rome, created under the emperor Septimius Severus between 203 and 211 CE. Matteo Cadario gives specific years of 205–208, noting that the map was based on property records. [ 1]
Map of ancient Rome with the regions. In 7 BC, Augustus divided the city of Rome into 14 administrative regions ( Latin regiones, sing. regio ). These replaced the four regiones —or "quarters"—traditionally attributed to Servius Tullius, sixth king of Rome. They were further divided into official neighborhoods ( vici ).
Ancient Rome portal. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maps of ancient Rome. Maps of Ancient Rome (the civilization) including the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire .
General history of ancient Rome. Roman expansion in Italy from 500 BC to 218 BC through the Latin War (light red), Samnite Wars (pink/orange), Pyrrhic War (beige), and First and Second Punic War (yellow and green). Cisalpine Gaul (238-146 BC) and Alpine valleys (16-7 BC) were later added. The Roman Republic in 500 BC is marked with dark red.
Category. : Maps of the Roman Empire. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maps of the Roman Empire. Maps of the Roman Empire . Maps are also available as part of the Wikimedia Atlas of the World project in the Atlas of the Roman Empire.
Description. Map of the Ancient Rome at Caesar time (with conquests)-en.svg. English: Map of the Roman Republic's empire and vassal states, 1st century BC. All labels in Latin. Legend in English. Date. 28 April 2022. Source. Own work based on: Map of the Ancient Rome at Caesar time (with conquests)-fr.svg.
The topography of ancient Rome is the description of the built environment of the city of ancient Rome. It is a multidisciplinary field of study that draws on archaeology, epigraphy, cartography and philology. The word 'topography' here has its older sense of a description of a place, [1] now often considered to be local history, [2] rather ...
The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy 's book Geography, written c. 150. Based on an inscription in several of the earliest surviving manuscripts, it is traditionally credited to Agathodaemon of Alexandria .